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Hollande vows to prosecute mob who lynched Roma boy

French president Francois Hollande on Tuesday said he wanted "everything done" to find the people who lynched a 16-year-old Roma boy in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, reports the BBC. Locals accused the boy of burglary. Masked men lynched him, locked him up in a cellar, and beat him nearly to death.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.